@kdfrawg you're always gonna be a frawg!
@JeremyCherfas I suspect every single page of this epic has been torn to shreds by PhD scholars over time. I'll look that up though. ?
@JeremyCherfas hmmm. As I read the chapter further, it did seem that's what he wanted to get to. That is a neat way to use the ideas of mathematics to introduce the concept of some natural laws of history. Do you agree by the way, that studying the infinitesimal in history and working to combine their effect is a better way to understanding history than to look at what the generals and the leaders did?
Can I talk with someone who has read War and Peace thoroughly? I want to talk about Book 11: 1812, Chapter 1. Specifically, the way Tolstoy ties the ideas of Calculus to the idea of explaining history by studying the decisions and actions of a few men.What do you think of this?